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Yi Wang is affiliated with Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China and has a significant body of work focused on engineering and materials science. Their research spans primarily the fields of Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The scientist's main topics of research cover thermochemical biomass conversion processes, catalytic processes in materials science, lignin and wood chemistry, coal and its by-products, catalysis and hydrodesulfurization studies, catalysis for biomass conversion, and coal properties and utilization.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Yi Wang include Jun Xiang, Sheng Su, Song Hu, Long Jiang, and Xun Hu. These collaborations have contributed to a diverse range of publications in respected journals and conferences.

Yi Wang's recent influential papers include:

  • Pyrolysis of cellulose: Evolution of functionalities and structure of bio-char versus temperature, 2020, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Review on synergistic effects during co-pyrolysis of biomass and plastic waste: Significance of operating conditions and interaction mechanism, 2022, Biomass and Bioenergy
  • Raman spectroscopy of biochar from the pyrolysis of three typical Chinese biomasses: A novel method for rapidly evaluating the biochar property, 2020, Energy
  • Coke Formation during Thermal Treatment of Bio-oil, 2020, Energy & Fuels
  • Phototherapy-based combination strategies for bacterial infection treatment, 2020, Theranostics

Yi Wang has published extensively in several prominent academic venues, with the largest number of publications appearing in Fuel, SSRN Electronic Journal, Energy, Fuel Processing Technology, and Energy & Fuels.

  • Fuel
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Energy
  • Fuel Processing Technology
  • Energy & Fuels

Overall, Yi Wang's research contributions align with advancing understanding in thermochemical processes, catalytic applications in materials science, and sustainable energy technologies, with interdisciplinary links across biomedical and mechanical engineering domains.

Best Publications

  • Thermochemical processing of sewage sludge to energy and fuel: Fundamentals, challenges and considerations

    Syed Shatir A. Syed-Hassan;Syed Shatir A. Syed-Hassan;Yi Wang;Song Hu;Sheng Su

  • Effects of inherent alkali and alkaline earth metallic species on biomass pyrolysis at different temperatures.

    Song Hu;Long Jiang;Yi Wang;Sheng Su

  • Pyrolysis of cellulose: Evolution of functionalities and structure of bio-char versus temperature

    Chenting Zhang;Li Chao;Zhanming Zhang;Lijun Zhang

  • Catalytic effects of inherent alkali and alkaline earth metallic species on steam gasification of biomass

    Long Jiang;Song Hu;Yi Wang;Sheng Su

  • Polymerization on heating up of bio‐oil: A model compound study

    Xun Hu;Yi Wang;Daniel Mourant;Richard Gunawan

  • Evolution of Aromatic Structures during the Low-Temperature Electrochemical Upgrading of Bio-oil

    Wei Deng;Kai Xu;Zhe Xiong;Weerawut Chaiwat

  • Raman spectroscopy of biochar from the pyrolysis of three typical Chinese biomasses: A novel method for rapidly evaluating the biochar property

    Jun Xu;Jiawei Liu;Peng Ling;Xin Zhang

  • The significance of pelletization operating conditions: An analysis of physical and mechanical characteristics as well as energy consumption of biomass pellets

    Mohamed E. Mostafa;Mohamed E. Mostafa;Song Hu;Yi Wang;Sheng Su

  • Effects of heating rate on the evolution of bio-oil during its pyrolysis

    Zhe Xiong;Yi Wang;Syed Shatir A. Syed-Hassan;Xun Hu

  • Immunogenic Hybrid Nanovesicles of Liposomes and Tumor-Derived Nanovesicles for Cancer Immunochemotherapy.

    Mei Hu;Jiao Zhang;Li Kong;Yulin Yu

  • Impacts of nickel loading on properties, catalytic behaviors of Ni/γ–Al2O3 catalysts and the reaction intermediates formed in methanation of CO2

    Zhanming Zhang;Yue Tian;Lijun Zhang;Song Hu

  • Coke Formation during Thermal Treatment of Bio-oil

    Xun Hu;Zhanming Zhang;Mortaza Gholizadeh;Shu Zhang

  • Formation of Aromatic Structures during the Pyrolysis of Bio-oil

    Yi Wang;Xiang Li;Daniel Mourant;Richard Gunawan

  • A study of the relationships between coal structures and combustion characteristics: The insights from micro-Raman spectroscopy based on 32 kinds of Chinese coals

    Jun Xu;Hao Tang;Sheng Su;Jiawei Liu

  • Effects of steam and CO2 on the characteristics of chars during devolatilization in oxy-steam combustion process

    Jun Xu;Sheng Su;Zhijun Sun;Mengxia Qing

  • Pyrolysis of poplar, cellulose and lignin: Effects of acidity and alkalinity of the metal oxide catalysts

    Chenting Zhang;Xun Hu;Hongyu Guo;Tao Wei

  • Progress in catalytic pyrolysis of municipal solid waste

    Qingyin Li;Ali Faramarzi;Shu Zhang;Yi Wang

  • Synthesis of glycerol carbonate from glycerol and dimethyl carbonate catalyzed by NaOH/γ-Al2O3

    Rongxian Bai;Yi Wang;Shu Wang;Fuming Mei

  • CO2 sequestration by direct gas–solid carbonation of fly ash with steam addition

    Wei Liu;Sheng Su;Kai Xu;Qindong Chen

  • Simultaneous catalytic esterification of carboxylic acids and acetalisation of aldehydes in a fast pyrolysis bio-oil from mallee biomass

    Xiang Li;Richard Gunawan;Caroline Lievens;Yi Wang

  • Assessing the chemical composition of heavy components in bio-oils from the pyrolysis of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin at slow and fast heating rates

    Zhe Xiong;Junhao Guo;Weerawut Chaiwat;Wei Deng

  • Effects of volatile–char interactions on in-situ destruction of nascent tar during the pyrolysis and gasification of biomass. Part II. Roles of steam

    Yao Song;Yao Song;Yi Wang;Xun Hu;Jun Xiang

Frequent Co-Authors

Jun Xiang
Jun Xiang Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Song Hu
Song Hu Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Sheng Su
Sheng Su Changsha University of Science and Technology
Xun Hu
Xun Hu University of Jinan
Chun-Zhu Li
Chun-Zhu Li Curtin University
Cong-Yi Wang
Cong-Yi Wang Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Guangzhi Hu
Guangzhi Hu Yunnan University
Manuel Garcia-Perez
Manuel Garcia-Perez Washington State University
Dongsheng Geng
Dongsheng Geng University of Science and Technology Beijing
Wenqi Zhong
Wenqi Zhong Southeast University

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